May 9 marked the launch of the third Ferretti Custom Line 124. The 124 is the largest megayacht made by Ferretti Custom Line. The other megayacht models offered are the 97, 100, and 112 Next, all being semi-displacement designs, plus the Navetta 26 Crescendo and Navetta 33 Crescendo, these being displacement designs.

On the heels of launching its largest-ever megayacht, the EP148, Horizon is set to deliver Summer Wind , part of its RP97 series. Commissioned

While other designers are researching hybrid technology for more fuel-efficient megayacht designs, Rene van der Velden is confident economy-minded owners can remain that way with traditional diesel power. That’s one of the features of the 110-foot cruiser concept seen here. In fact, the Rene van der Velden 110 Cruiser includes a variety of basic systems and machinery, eschewing the trend to go high-tech.

Pendennis welcomed one superb superyacht, Mirabella V, in for a refit while it was getting ready to say goodbye to another, Heavenly Daze. When Pendennis announced in March that its Pendennis Plus division was to refit Mirabella V, being renamed M5 , our website lit up like a Christmas tree.

Patrick Knowles of Patrick Knowles Designs has been a top name in megayacht interiors for more than two decades. The list of megayacht builders he’s worked with are equally notable: Trinity Yachts, Burger Boat Company, Palmer Johnson, ISA, Feadship, and more. In mid-2011, Patrick Knowles Designs was tapped for the interior of a 197-foot (60-meter) motoryacht that a small family planned to use for extended personal cruising

PHOTO: Giuliano Sargentini Last weekend C.2189, the third motoryacht in Perini Navi’s Vitruvius superyacht series, arrived for finishing in Italy, from Perini Navi’s Turkish facility.

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Bearing a Bugatti blue hull, Better Place, the world’s largest carbon-fiber-constructed sloop, has hit the water at Wally . Equally notable, the megayacht meets RINA’s Green Star classification standards

Bearing a Bugatti blue hull, Better Place, the world’s largest carbon-fiber-constructed sloop, has hit the water at Wally . Equally notable, the megayacht meets RINA’s Green Star classification standards. This makes her the first sailing yacht to receive the notation

Wynyard district in 2007, pre-development Government officials in Auckland, New Zealand want to see more services for more superyachts in their city. They’re focused on a hauling facility being developed and are therefore courting private investors, but they also want residents to help foot the bill, to the tune of NZ$16.8 million (about US$13.37 million).